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Show SWM The Protect Tour Right To Know by Pat Braley continued violation shall be considered a separate violation when applying the penalty portions of this ordinance. 10.11 - Notice, Action & Penalty The Official shall issue notice to sign owners that display signs without a permit and allow 30 days from the date of notice for the deficiencies to be corrected. If the deficiencies are not corrected within the given time, the sign owner's business license may be revoked, a fine may be imposed or the sign owner may be convicted of violating a Class B misdemeanor. 2 T .Unsafe, Illegal & ed A battle is raging currently in the Utah Legislature over the future course of education in Utah. The winners or losers will be the future children. of Utah-o-ur HISTORY: In 1990 the Utah Legislature committed itself to an study of education in Utah "to help resolve critical concerns" by planning strategies to improve educational excellence. In this Resolution (S.C.R. No. 9) the Legislature further resolved to be guided by the results of this strategic study in funding and budgeting for the future. The Strategic Planning for Public th Signs The Official shall issue written notice of violation to the sign owner found in violation to this code or any sign found unsafe, illegal or not maintained. 10.13 - Removal of Signs If any unsafe sign is not repaired or made safe within 5 days after giving said notice, the Official shall remove said sign. If any sign is found in violation of this code, illegal, or not maintained and is not made conforming to this code within 30 days after given written notice, the Official may remove said sign(s). The sign owner shall pay the City of Moab within 30 days after written notice the cost incurred to remove such sign(s). SECTION Education Committee spent thousands of hours working on this comprehensive study of where Utah's schools should be going. The project proved to be so big that an extra year was required to complete it Cost to 11 BlfiHT OF APPEAL Any person who has been ordered by the Official to alter or remove any sign, or any person whose application for a sign permit has been refused may appeal the Official's order to the Board of Adjustment. The Board of Adjustment shall have power to review and allow or disallow variances to the sign ordinance only in cases of unusual conditions andor a Clear Vi ew Area: Clear view area shall mean a triangular area formed by the intersection of lines extended from the front facet of the curb and a line connecting them at points 25 feet from the intersection of the lines. Frontage: The distance for which a lot line of a zone lot adjoins a public street, from one lot line intersecting said street to the furthest distant lot line intersecting the same street. Illegal Sign: Any sign erected or altered after the effective of the City Ordinance governing signs from which this section was derived, not complying with the provisions nine-pag- e thereof, unless such provision was expressly waived or granted a variance, is an illegal sign. . piece or parcel of land, the boundaries of which have been established by some legal instrument of record, that is recognized and intended as a unit for the purpose of Lot: Any ' transfer of ownership. Nonconforming Sign or Sian Structure: Nonconforming sign sign structure shall mean a sign or sign structure or portion thereof lawfully existing at the time of its construction which does not conform to all height, area, yard spacing, animation, lighting or other regulations prescribed in the zone in which it is located. ,i j?r ,cil Official: The City's designated official to enforce the sign code. hand-operate- identifies the characteristics of a quality public educational system requests the support of parents and employers "encourage(s) and authorize) each school district and public school to require accountability of students requires the State Board of Education to provide schools with core curricula guidelines, and of Sion: Any device, fixture, placard, or structure that uses any color, form, graphic, illumination, symbol, or writing to advertise, announce the purpose of, or identify the purpose of a person or entity, or to communicate information of any kind to the public. . Sign Face: Sign face shall mean one continuous surface with no visual breaks separated from any other sign face by at least 6 inches. Sign Owner: A sign owner shall mean the owner, user, property owner, applicant, or person having charge or control of a sign. i? f Sign Setback: Sign setback shall mean the minimum distance that any portion of a sign or sign structure shall be y line. from any street Name Plate Sign: A sign indicating the name andor occupation of a person legally occupying the premises. Sign: An advertising sign which directs attention to a use, product, commodity, or service not related to the premises on which the sign is located. se Sign: A sign directing attention to a use conducted, product, commodity sold, service performed or business name upon the premises on which it is located. Sion: Any lightweight plastic, fabric, or other material, whether or not containing a message of any kind, suspended from a rope, wire, or string, usually in series, designated to move in the wind. Portable Sian: Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure, or a sign designed to be transported, including, but not limited to, signs designed to be transported by means of wheels, signs converted to sidewalk signs, balloons used as signs and umbrellas used for advertising. Projecting Sian: A sign which is affixed to an exterior wall or building or structure solely supported by and projecting away from the building. Property Sion: A sign related to the property upon which it is located and offering such information as address, name of occupancy for residential uses, sale or lease of the property, warning against trespassing, any hazard, or other danger on the property. Sign Structure: Sign structure shall mean anything constructed or erected supporting a sign which requires locations on or below the ground or attached to something having locations on or below ground. The following are individual sign definitions which are specific type of signs included within the general definition above. Animated Sion: I ,! A sign which involves motion or rotation of Roof Sign: A sign which is erected partly or wholly on the roof of the building. This includes any sign mounted to a building which extends above the highest portion of the roof structure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a sign structure having main supports embedded in the ground shall not be considered to be a roof sign even if the sign's supports pass through a roof, canopy, or parapet of a building. Balloon Signs: Advertisement supported by a balloon anchored to the premises where the advertised use is conducted, product or commodity sold, service performed, or business name is located. Temporary Sign: Any sign, banner, pennant, valance or advertising display constructed of paper, cloth, canvas, one or more beams directed into the Beacon: at one or more points not on the directed or atmosphere same zone lot as the light source; also, any light with one or more beams that rotate or move. Changeable Coov Sion: A sign, or portion thereof, on which copy is changed either manually in the field, e.g., readerboards with changeable letters, or automatically on a lampbank or through mechanical means; e.g. electrical or electronic time and temperature units. Construction Sian: a sign identifying an existing or proposed development project which may contain the name of the project, name and address of construction firms, architects, engineers, developers, etc. Flag: Any fabric, banner, or bunting containing distinctive allowing Utah's for increasing population and to increase per pupil funding by 2 each year for the next five years g in addition to the yearly index increase. Current per pupil funding in Utah is the lowest in tU United States. The UEA Bill spreads out the period. The changes over a five-yecost for proposed UEA changes would be S22 million next year. Without the funding proposed h the UEA bill, the change in course for Utah schools as proposed by the Bradford Bill would be impossible to accomplish, and any improvements would be paid for by shuffling around already insufficient funding for our children's futures. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Grand County educators support the UEA Bill and urge parents and interested community members to support it as well. Legislators listen to voters. Call or write our local legislators and ask them if they have signed on as co sponsors of the bill. If they have not, ask them to do so. Join the battle for Utah's kids. d, The pioneer Ramage printing press is on display in the LDS Museum of Church History and Art across from Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City. Representative Mike Dmitrich, David M. Representative 538-102- Adams, 538-102- 9. rodeo champion and Utah cowboy, Earl W. Baspom has been chosen to be listed in "Who's Who in the World." Bascom, who was bom in Vernal, Utah in 1906 and worked on the million acre Scorup Ranch, is internationally known for Old-tim- . e developing rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle. He designed and made the bronc riding saddle in 1922. The hornless rodeo saddle is now the international standard equipment used at all pro- fessional rodeos and stampedes across the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Bascom has been inducted into three halls of fame including the Utah Sports Hall of Fame. The 86 year old cowboy has gained additional fame designing and making bronze statues, some of which have been featured internationally by satellite on the Nashville Network. Now living on a ranch in California, Earl Bascom has been featured in Hollywood western movies, the latest being "Take Willey With You." Specialist on tap at . WATER RAFTING :4 BIRD WATCHING BIKING Suspended Sion: light fabric, cardboard, wallboard or other light materials, with or without frames, intended to be displayed out of doors for a limited period of time. Wall Sian: A sign that is either painted on a wall or its facing; or a sign which is affixed to an extension wall or building or structure and which does not project more than 1 8 inches from the building or structure wall. FEBRUARY . . TRAVEL COUNCIL MEETING. Moab at 7 p.m. Agendas available Feb. 5 ro at Moab Visitor Center. Come and get involved The Travel Council is compiling a list of PHOTOGRAPHERS wno are interested in working with us. We will forward the list to Utah Travel for further information. Council for their working file. Call 259-882- 5 Travel Council has approximately 200,000 brochures to print in 1992. If your company is interested in this contract, stop by the Moab u Visitor Center and pick up the bid specs. The closing date for ail bids is m February 6, 1992. DO YOU NEED A 1992 CALENDAR. DURING FEBRUARY UTAH CALENDARS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $4 AT THE MOAB VISITOR n CENTER. STOP BY AND GET ONE. r; Where can you get 28 marketing ideas for less than $2 apiece?? At the Eddie Dry workshop. Sponsored by the Tourism Council in X --H 03 for details. Page, Arizona on February 7. Call 259-832- 5 1992 LODGING GUIDE AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 21 ST!!! Who is new in town . . .pick one up and find out. also 1992 UTAH TRAVEL GUIDES Need a job?? Do you want to dean the Moab Visitor Center or be director of the Travel Council. Pick up bid specs for the janitorial position at the Moab Visitor Center. . .for the director's position stop by Moab Job Service. Applications for both vacancies are due by January 31, 1992. Recruitment for a seasonal visitor service position (24 hours a CD Check with Moab Job Service. week) will begin Businesses lose customers for a variety of reason; I 'bar percentage of this loss is because customers die? If you don't know, sign up for a SuperHost training program and find out. . .plus a lot more information and techniques for making you a better host to all your 2 customers. Contact Robbie Swasey at or the Moab Chamber 1 of Commerce at . 6, 1932 to4 Commissioners' Chambers 39 CD g Z o e- - Cl 00 O O . 52 H 0 JJJ O . in a o o o S sz o . On Thursday, February 6, between 5:30 and 9 p.m. Sylvia Robinson E will be at the Utah State office in Moab to provide academic advisement for students in the U.S.U. Elementary Education, B.S. degree program. Any elementary education student who would like to arrange to see Sylvia should call the SUCCE office 2 for an appointment. at In addition, any who may be contemplating entering the elementary education program or who may only want to learn more about it should make an appointment 259-846- 259-753- . BACK PACKING CAMPING JEFNG WATER SKIING Window Sign: Any sign, pictures, symbol, or combination thereof, designed to communicate information about an activity, business, commodity, event, sale, or service, that is placed inside a window or upon the window panes or glass and is visible from the exterior of the window. DONE IN OPEN COUNCIL THIS 21st day of January, A.D., 1992. sThomas A. Stocks Mayor of Moab City ATTEST: Recorder of Moab City Published in The January 30, 1992. I Come and See What's New in Boats & RVs at the M & RV Show February 7, 8 & 9th Two Rivers Convention Center Enjoy all the exhibits and also register to Win A Boat, Motor & Trailer Plus many other exciting door prizes. sJohn W. West Times-lndependen- t, Moab, Utah, FiSICCX 259-743- Boat or a SUCCE Feb. 6 KEKB-F- . Grand County Travel Council Update Univer-sitySUCC- flashing, revolving or intermittent lights. Any light with f A sign announcing intent to a new development project. A sign that is suspended from the underside of a horizontal plane surface and is supported by such surface. any part, created by artificial means, or which displays Ranner Sion: Any sign of lightweight fabric or similar material. National, state or municipal flags are not considered banners. I. Proposed Development Sian: construct growth," Former Scorup cowboy won recognition Illuminated Sion: A sign in which a source of light is used in order to make the message readable. This definition shall include internally and externally lighted signs. occupants, andor business. "improving teacher compensation. . .to above the average of the western states" and extending some teachers' contract options to expand businessschool partnerships in the community "to fully fund student enrollment less than $100. The press arrived in Winter Quarters in November 1847 and sat for 18 months awaiting shipment west. Higher priority was given to the transporting of people to the Utah Territory. Free Standing Sign: A permanent sign supported by structures or supports that are placed on, or anchored in, the ground and that are independent from any building or other structure. right-of-wa- : 3 Boston made the purchase. The press, built by Adam Ramage, cost Flashing Sign: Asian which has and appears to have motion or rotation of the lighting elements or displays flashing or intermittent light. Monument Signs: A sign less than 6 feet in height above the curb. It is to be flush to the ground or a gap less than 12 inches from the ground permanently affixed, and is to be incorporated into the landscape or architectural .design scheme and has to display the name of the building, When the larger Ramage press finally arrived in Utah, it took over the printing needs. It was housed in an adobe home just west of the Lion House and was used to print stationery, all kinds of forms, messages from the First Presidency of the Mormon church and small commercial jobs. The first newspaper in Utah, the "Deseret News" was run on the Ramage press on June 15, 1850. type, type cases, glue, stationery, ink and nearly 1,900 bundles of newsprint. William W. Phelps had been commissioned by Mormon leader Brigham Young, who knew the importance of having a printing press in Utah, to acquire a larger and iron press. Phelps raised the money in New York and Boston and while in a Pennant Shopping Center: Any group of 3 or more businesses on one lot of record. . . . The first printing press in Utah printed paper money. In January of 1849 the currency, as a medium of exchange, was printed on a simple wooden stationery press built by Truman O. Angell. In August of 1849 a small, wrought-iro- n press arrived in Salt Lake City. With it came philosophical statement colors, patterns, or symbols, used as a symbol government, political subdivision or other entity. for Utah school children. THE UEA BILL as of January 24 in the House of has 30 Representatives (10 Republicans, 20 Democrats), and more are expected to join the effort. The UEA Bill proposcs-- to reduce class sizes in kindergarten through third grade classrooms to 15 pupils to attract and retain excellent teachers for every classroom by Early Mormons learned how to make money date . 1992-B- ar Pioneer Flashbacks defincs public education's mission Alteration: Alteration shall mean a change or rearrangement in the structural part of design whether by extending on a side, by increasing in area or height, or by relocating or change in position. Alterations shall include changes to all support and frame members including panels. Alterations shall not be interpreted to include changing outdoor bulletin or other similar signs which are designed to accommodate changeable copy. f lishment of school community that-- covered andor uncovered porches whether enclosed or unenclosed, but does not include uncovered steps less than 4 feet above grade and eaves overhanging less than 2 feet. &JH0H Thursday, Jan. 30, t, philosophy of the Bradford Bill in more concise language AND "puts our money where our mouths are" councils "to help maintain schools." This is a commendable document that sets forth in legislative language the philosophical goals Utah educators have desired for years. Since this bill is little more than a statement of belief and desired outcomes, educators across the State of Utah, including local members of Grand Education Association, neither oppose nor support it. Instead, Utah educators have proposed a 4 page bill that restates the $250,000. The result was THE STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR EDUCATION BILL as sponsored by Rep. Richard Bradford (R. SLC). This draft bill is DEFINITIONS 1 defines and authorizes the estab- Utah taxpayers for the entire project: extreme hardships. SECTION 12 Building. Front Line of: Front line of building shall mean the ' line of that face of the building or structure nearest the front line of the lot. This face includes sun parlors, bay windows, 0tj Local educators supporting school improvement plan for Utah A Public Notices Tlmes-lndependen- wijMii'l'pP COUPON COOO AT PARTICIPATING $2 at the door CIRCLE K (Children under 12 tree) Stores WORTH $1.00 OFF MOVIE RENTAL This coupon is worth $i .00 off the regular wire of any movie renting forJioo or more Does not include sales tax VALID TK&U MARCH ,JI 15. 1S92 'n nir ri(iiaMiiTij |